NY Times Mag: How Many Stephen Colberts Are There?

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3. The White House Correspondents' Dinner: his "most awkward" moment? Seriously?

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...But easily the most awkward moment in Colbert’s career, and also in many ways a defining one, was his appearance at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in 2006. Mark Smith, an A.P. reporter who...was responsible for booking the talent, admitted later that he wasn’t all that familiar with the show, which was only three months old...

Colbert...addressed the president...“I stand by this man because he stands for things. Not only for things. He stands on things. Things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares. And that sends a powerful message: that no matter what happens to America, she will always rebound — with the most powerfully staged photo-ops in the world...”

Male cattle droppings.



Mark Smith knew EXACTLY what he was getting -- if anything, his ulterior motive was for Colbert to say all the things to the Bush regime that he couldn't. And may I remind the Times that they didn't mention Colbert's appearance AT ALL the next day? Was that their way of being "kind" to him, as if he'd peed on floor?


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